Political Quotes

“Thank you. When I was a child, I played a game called hide-and-seek, as I suspect many of you might have played. There was a phrase in that game called ``ollie ollie oxen free,'' which meant you could come out, that you were safe, that you no longer had to hide. This amendment is the ``ollie ollie oxen free'' amendment of the war on terrorism. It invites al Qaeda and associated forces to send terrorists to the United States and to recruit terrorists on U.S. soil. Think about what happens if you're detained in the U.S. for committing an act of terrorism: you will not be detained while you are interrogated; you cannot be used to stop future attacks. Think about what will happen: you will get your Miranda warnings; you will get an attorney at taxpayer expense; and you will, if acquitted and not accepted by your home country, be released into the streets of the United States. We are encouraging al Qaeda to send terrorists here if we adopt this amendment. Consider also about an illegal alien crossing our border. If he does so to get a job, Customs and Border Patrol can detain him and summarily deport him. If he is detained by intelligence or military professionals, what happens? He goes into the court system, and he gets all the rights due to a common burglar. The concerns that we have about due process are misplaced. The law plainly lets every person--a citizen or foreigner--file a petition for the writ of habeas corpus to challenge his detention.…”